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Can Lizard Spit Treat Diabetes???

Posted: Wednesday, May 04, 2005

A new class of a diabetes drug derived from a poisonous Gila monster, a poisonous lizard that lives in the Southwest and in Mexico has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
The drug, called Byetta (exenatide), will be the first in a new class of drugs called incretin mimetics to reach the market for Type 2 diabetes

Metformin Cuts Risk of Cancer in Diabetics

Posted: Monday, May 02, 2005

Patients with type 2 diabetes who are prescribed metformin appear to be at lower risk of cancer than those not treated with metformin.

New Treatment for Peripheral Arterial Disease

Posted: Thursday, April 07, 2005

Researchers hope that Implanting a drug-coated, flexible, metal-mesh tube called a drug-eluting stent into the superficial femoral artery of the thigh, that the drug coating will make it more likely to prevent the blockage from recurring, as compared with uncoated stents, which fail to do so in about one-quarter of the cases

Wonder Pill, Rimonabant, Makes You Lose Weight And Keep It Off

Posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Trials have shown that 33% of people on Rimonabant lost 10% of body weight and kept their weight down for two years - this is a record, no other diet drug has managed to keep a person's weight down for so long

Help Is On The Way For Losing Weight And Smoking Cessation

Posted: Thursday, September 16, 2004

First year results of the two year trial Rimonabant In Obesity (RIO, a Phase III clinical study), showed a 3.5 inch reduction in waist circumference, 19 pounds lost, reduced metabolic syndrome 50%, raised HDL 28%. Rimonabant (endocannabinoid) in another study doubled the odds of quitting smoking without weight gain

First OTC Cholesterol Drug Launched

Posted: Thursday, August 05, 2004

Britain became the first country in the world to sell a cholesterol-lowering drug without a prescription on Thursday when a low-dose "over-the-counter" (OTC) form of Merck & Co Inc's Zocor was launched

First of New Class of Drugs For Diabetes Shown Successful

Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2004

Exenatide, the first of a new class of drugs for type 2 diabetes, was shown to reduce blood glucose (sugar) and body weight, and was associated with improvement in markers of beta cell. “Because exenatide has multiple underlying anti-diabetes actions — as well as the ability to promote weight loss, which is often important for people with type 2 diabetes — it holds the potential to be a pivotally important drug in diabetes care,” function,

Unique Plants To Treat Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, March 04, 2004

Clinical trials may be done with three indigenous plants to South Africa which, have been shown to have diabetes-treating properties. Research has provisionally found the plants - prescribed by traditional healers to their patients - to be effective and non-toxic, If successful, a drug developed from the research would be much cheaper than existing commercial medicine for type 2 diabetes.

New Study To Test Drug For Preventing Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004

Preventing diabetes rather than treating diabetes a new concept in medicine. Dr. Ralph DeFronzo is a researcher at the Texas Diabetes Institute in San Antonio and he is directing a national study on a new diabetes drug researchers hope can prevent onset of the disease.The San Antonio study will test the drug pioglitazone, which is one of several drugs that can make diabetics more sensitive to the insulin that their bodies naturally produce.

When Meds Don't Mix

Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Each medication, whether it is a prescription medication, over-the-counter remedy or an herbal supplement, contains powerful ingredients that have the potential to interact with each other. These drugs can also interact with certain foods, with medical conditions such as diabetes, and even with sunlight. Such interactions can cause unexpected and sometimes dangerous side effects. They can also worsen an existing side effect, or make a life-saving drug less effective.